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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 101, 期 4, 页码 673-683出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605193
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Dicer; mRNA; quantitative RT-PCR; TMA; prognostic value; breast cancer
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- Comite Departemental de la Drome de La ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer
- Ligue National Contre Le Cancer
BACKGROUND: Dicer, a ribonuclease, is the key enzyme required for the biogenesis of microRNAs and small interfering RNAs and is essential for both mammalian development and cell differentiation. Recent evidence indicates that Dicer may also be involved in tumourigenesis. However, no studies have examined the clinical significance of Dicer at both the RNA and the protein levels in breast cancer. METHODS: In this study, the biological and prognostic value of Dicer expression was assessed in breast cancer cell lines, breast cancer progression cellular models, and in two well-characterised sets of breast carcinoma samples obtained from patients with long-term follow-up using tissue microarrays and quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. RESULTS: We have found that Dicer protein expression is significantly associated with hormone receptor status and cancer subtype in breast tumours (ER P = 0.008; PR P = 0.019; cancer subtype P = 0.023, luminal A P = 0.0174). Dicer mRNA expression appeared to have an independent prognostic impact in metastatic disease (hazard ratio = 3.36, P = 0.0032). In the breast cancer cell lines, lower Dicer expression was found in cells harbouring a mesenchymal phenotype and in metastatic bone derivatives of a breast cancer cell line. These findings suggest that the downregulation of Dicer expression may be related to the metastatic spread of tumours. CONCLUSION: Assessment of Dicer expression may facilitate prediction of distant metastases for patients suffering from breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer (2009) 101, 673-683. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605193 www.bjcancer.com (C) 2009 Cancer Research UK
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